Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Gurdis never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is red and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Seere was born with her father's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 190 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the south. After coming to the age of reason, Ilde took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She bought a mace and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a Dilettante first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fistula studied abroad. Her childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but she was a colossal failure. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 40. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Suhnae was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Glassblower. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears an entirely green suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blue crest is matted, messy, and big. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Job, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1400 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor, and carries maces. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Deep green spinel (160 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).